Indian Education | MCQs

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British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay presented his Minute on Indian Education on 2 February 1835

This report aimed to create a class of educated Indians who could assist in administering British rule. 

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• The Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1875, initially as a primary school, with the intention of turning it into a college-level institution.
• In 1877, the school was raised to college level.
• Lord Lytton, the Viceroy of India at the time, laid the foundation stone of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO College) on January 8, 1878. The college was later upgraded to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in 1920.

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The Hunter Commission (1882) was appointed to evaluate the outcomes of Wood’s Despatch (1854) on education in India.

It recommended the promotion of primary and secondary education, especially through Indian languages.

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Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872.

He established a college for the children of princely rulers in Ajmer.

This college was known as the Mayo College.

It's purpose was to provide education to the heirs of the princely states.

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ذاکر حسین دہلی کالج جو پہلے ذاکر حسین کالج، اینگلو عربک کالج اور دہلی کالج کے ناموں سے معروف تھا، دہلی کا قدیم ترین موجود تعلیمی ادارہ ہے۔

ذاکر حسین کالج کی بنیاد 1692ء میں مغل شہنشاہ اورنگزیب کے جنرل غازی الدین خان فیروز جنگ اول کے ہاتھوں پڑی تھی اور اسی کے نام پر مدرسہ غازی الدین خان کے نام سے مشہور تھا۔